Swordsmyth
06-03-2017, 04:49 PM
People caught crossing the border illegally in Arizona started facing more serious charges last month as part of Attorney General Jeff Sessions (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/jeff-sessions?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313)’ efforts to prosecute them more aggressively and slap them with longer jail sentences...
Sessions issued a pair (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-admin-wants-prosecutors-to-seek-harshest-possible-penalty-in-immigration-cases-doj-confirms_us_59305940e4b07572bdbfd4e6?ncid=edlinkus hpmg00000313) of memos over (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-border-immigration_us_58ecd3eee4b0ca64d9192852?ncid=edlin kushpmg00000313) the last two months directing U.S. attorneys to double down on immigration prosecutions. Those directives are already starting to take effect in Arizona.Breaking with the policy of recent years, people caught crossing the border without authorization for the first time will increasingly face prosecution for the misdemeanor charge of “illegal entry.” That offense is punishable by up to six months in prison...
Unlike deportation alone, however, this additional legal process leaves offenders with a criminal record. For the past three years, Tucson-based federal prosecutors typically sought criminal immigration charges only if someone caught crossing the border illegally had been deported before.
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Prosecutors will also seek longer jail sentences for people caught crossing who have already been deported in the past. It had been common practice at the federal courthouse in Tucson to charge these offenders with the felony crime of illegal re-entry, but then accept a plea agreement for a conviction of the less-serious misdemeanor charge of illegal entry, which carries a sentence ranging from time served to several months.
Now, prosecutors in Arizona will seek conviction for the felony charge more often, resulting in stiffer sentences.
Felony re-entry convictions carry a maximum sentence of imprisonment for two years that can be enhanced all the way up to 20 years, depending on the offender’s criminal record.
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/prosecutors-already-cracking-down-undocumented-173204385.html
Sessions issued a pair (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-admin-wants-prosecutors-to-seek-harshest-possible-penalty-in-immigration-cases-doj-confirms_us_59305940e4b07572bdbfd4e6?ncid=edlinkus hpmg00000313) of memos over (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-border-immigration_us_58ecd3eee4b0ca64d9192852?ncid=edlin kushpmg00000313) the last two months directing U.S. attorneys to double down on immigration prosecutions. Those directives are already starting to take effect in Arizona.Breaking with the policy of recent years, people caught crossing the border without authorization for the first time will increasingly face prosecution for the misdemeanor charge of “illegal entry.” That offense is punishable by up to six months in prison...
Unlike deportation alone, however, this additional legal process leaves offenders with a criminal record. For the past three years, Tucson-based federal prosecutors typically sought criminal immigration charges only if someone caught crossing the border illegally had been deported before.
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/UCghs1uAwsiJ05Bnu0iZKw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/the_huffington_post_584/7e5caa8626fd8049203654dbdadeb455
Prosecutors will also seek longer jail sentences for people caught crossing who have already been deported in the past. It had been common practice at the federal courthouse in Tucson to charge these offenders with the felony crime of illegal re-entry, but then accept a plea agreement for a conviction of the less-serious misdemeanor charge of illegal entry, which carries a sentence ranging from time served to several months.
Now, prosecutors in Arizona will seek conviction for the felony charge more often, resulting in stiffer sentences.
Felony re-entry convictions carry a maximum sentence of imprisonment for two years that can be enhanced all the way up to 20 years, depending on the offender’s criminal record.
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/prosecutors-already-cracking-down-undocumented-173204385.html